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Object Response:

Responding to Diego

Task:
- Reflect on your peer's object and presentation
- What are some points of interest for you formally, and thematically?
- Did the objects presenter say anything that intrigued you or inspired deeper thinking on your part?
- What are some subjects that are important in your practice and life right now?
How might they intersect with this object or the conversation we had about the object?
- What are some techniques you want to delve deeper into this term?
- How might you represent some thoughts you have on the object and its significance?

Create a 'sketch' in response to the object you were assigned.

PRAX-300-F031-2022: Jessey Tustin

Star Child: Eddie Perrote

-narrative writing
-large illustrations
-non-gendered charachter
-portrait like
-abstract aesthetic

I'm hoping to focus this term on putting myself out
of my comfort
zone. The art in Star Child by Eddie Perrote looks
like it might have
been screen printed and that's a skill id love to
learn for my own art
practice.

I personally like to express in my art my own battle with mental health and try to make it aesthetically pleasing. I'm no abstract artist nor do I practice it in my art but I do enjoy others' abstract works and I think it's a perfect way to express one's feelings since you can be so expressive and free. I'm an illustration major so others' works heavily inspire me.

Reflection: Star Child by Eddie Perrote is an abstract illustrated book, from what I was able to gather the illustrations and very few words demonstrate mental health. I found many of the illustrations quite intriguing and very expressive. The character takes on a genderless form that I found was easy to see myself as and relate to.

After receiving some much-needed critique here is what I was able to come up with for my Final Proposal:

I wanted to create a photo booth, shaped to be a doll box for others to take photos in and be the change in society's idea of beauty. My first proposal was very problematic in the sense that I was enforcing my idea of western beauty standards and that was something I didn't want to enforce, as the idea of the project was to demolish that idea. There are so many different standards for beauty not only here in the West but also everywhere else in the world as each country and religion has there own set of beauty values. I wanted to create a space for us to feel confident and happy with the way we look.

Since the main theme of this term was to involve the public ( Which is something I don't do very often in my own personal practice.) I wanted to involve the class and any future possible passers-by.

The idea is to expand on this project and bring it to other public spaces for others to participate, ideally, I would have to make a few signs to encourage the public and make the stand weatherproof since we do live in Vancouver.

So naturally, there were a number of problems with the making of this project.

We bought all the wood and other materials at my boyfriend's work, since he works at a Rona we were able to get everything we needed. His mom was also a great help driving us from Langly all the way to the school, unfortunately, we got there too late and all the shops were closed and we had the wrong drill bit for the skrews we built so we had to go home and try again the next week. That however worked out, we were able to use the wood shop and we painted in the classroom. Naturally, this took way longer than expected and I wasn't able to finish the project to the full capacity that I would have liked but that's art.

I'm not sure if you can see
the videos as for me they
stopped playing once the
video was done.

1 Interview:
Radhia Rahman also known as Knivesmeow on social media platforms is a Bengali-American Illustrator born and raised in New York

Radhia runs her own shop on her website while also making videos for Youtube and Patreon. They are also freelance artists.

1. Q: How did you know that art was something you wanted to do for a career?

A: Well my entire life, I had so many struggles. Socially and in terms of my identity, which boils down to being a queer woman of color. I wanted to pursue a career in art, but with very few resources I struggled. Attending a prestigious school that was primarily white and middle-class students, I felt alienated because of my cultural differences. I was unable to relate to my peers and classmates. That's when it occurred to me 'Why don't I see more people like me creating art? In comics, graphic arts, or even animations.' That's when I realized I could make that happen as a creative.

2. Q: As an illustrator is it better to have a distinct style or to be able to do a variety?

A: You can actually do both. It's very common among children's book illustrators and even character designers or storyboarding. As long as you are not copying/mimicking another person's style and can show the difference between the styles.

3. Q: How did you learn to do digital drawings?

A: That one's easy, I practiced. I never took a class. I did have way too much fun with the stamp tools in photoshop.

4. Q: What's your favorite medium?

A: Besides digital, I like to convenience of acrylic markers. I like that there is no mess and no mixing. I also really like an acrylic wash.

5. Q: Do you make any kind of art for yourself? or is it all for youtube and Instagram?

A: I enjoy fiber arts like knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc. I do all those for fun and not to sell. It's a labor of love that I like to keep as a hobby.

Here are my own Instagram and some of my favorite works I've done

I am a Canadian Metis Multi Media Artist

What this means is that I practice multiple mediums like sewing, crocheting, painting, ceramics, beadwork, jewelry, bookmaking, drum making, weaving, traditional and digital illustrations, and photography.

I'm never very good at talking about myself as an artist or the art that I do but I work hard and I'm proud of where I've come from.

I've had my art in some small galleries and some hung up at the school for exhibitions and even been featured in some exhibition books.